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Year '''950''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CML]]''') was a common year starting on Tuesday of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== World ====
* World population is estimated to be 250 million.

==== Europe ====
* Duke [[Boleslav I of Bohemia]] makes peace with [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]].
* Page with Joshua Leading the Israelites, from the [[Joshua Roll]], is made in [[Constantinople]]. It is now kept at [[Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana]], [[Rome]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Tu'i Tonga Empire]] begins to form in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
* The [[Later Han Dynasty (Five Dynasties)|Later Han Dynasty]] in [[China]] falls.
* [[Sayf al-Daula]] leads 30,000 men in a raid into [[Byzantine]] [[Anatolia]]. He defeats [[Bardas Phokas the Elder|Bardas Phokas]].  He is then ambushed on his return and beaten by [[Leo Phokas the Younger|Leo Phokas]].<ref name="Treadgold">{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 978-0-8047-2630-2 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | pages = 489}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Emperor Reizei]] of Japan (d. [[1011]])
* [[Erik the Red]] (d. [[1003]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Hywel Dda]] ("the Good") of [[Wales]]
* [[Al-Farabi]], philosopher (b. [[870]])

== References ==
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